Josh Benner

Tag: Illinois

  • Moving day – one chapter closes, another begins

    Moving day today. I finished up my pastoral residency in Minnesota. I think of the places where I’ve lived. Columbus, Ohio, my hometown. The place that will always be home. Bowling Green, Ohio, where I went to college and had some of the greatest times of my life. So much of who I am today…

  • Abortion rights activists increasingly radical

    This week, the New York legislature voted 38-24 to expand the state’s abortion laws. Those in attendance gave this measure a standing ovation. Also this week, new Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker vowed to make the Land of Lincoln the most progressive state on abortion laws in America. States are competing for how radical they can…

  • 10 of the biggest stories in American Christianity in 2018

    As 2018 comes to a close, I wanted to take a look back at some of the top stories impacting Christianity in 2018. 1. The death of Billy Graham Arguably the leading figure in American Christianity of the 20th century, evangelist Billy Graham died on February 21 at the age of 99. In an era…

  • In Memoriam: Grant Osborne

    One of my great regrets of seminary was never having Grant Osborne as a professor. Many of my friends did and I’ve heard stories. I’ve heard his lectures compared to drinking through a firehose with all of the information he dispensed. Dr. Osborne passed away last night. I had actually just bought one of his…

  • More allegations, more problems for Willow Creek

    Bill Hybels is one of the most influential Christian leaders of the past generation. Earlier this spring he stepped down from his position at Willow Creek, the church he founded, in the wake of a number of allegations stretching back several years of inappropriate contact between Hybels and women connected to the church and leadership…